** Description changed:

  Binary package hint: gnome-disk-utility
  
  How to reproduce :
  - start long operations filling disk space, for example big downloads or DVD 
rip, etc..
  - Ubuntu (gnome-disk-utility/gdu-notification-daemon) pop ups messages 
warning that the disk has few space left, and proposes to empty trash. Remark : 
if the user has left his computer he will not see all these messages.
  - when disk is full (less than ~10Mo, I did not check exactly), log out your 
session, or restart your computer
  
  Result : it is IMPOSSIBLE to start a graphical session (Gnome, KDE, Lubuntu, 
Openbox, Gnome backup session...), and there is no explanation about it in GDM.
  The only one working is the xterm session, which is not understandable by 
non-technical users.
  
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  What I propose :
- - In a short term : warn the user (via gdu-notification-daemon pop-up windows 
for example) that "a full disk prevents from starting a graphical session" (or 
more generally "Ubuntu may not work properly if the disk is full or nearly 
full")
+ - In a short term : warn the user (via gdu-notification-daemon pop-up windows 
for example) that "Ubuntu may not work properly (impossible to start a 
graphical session... ) if the disk is full or nearly full". We can also add a 
"More information" button explaining the technical reason.
  - In a medium term : find a way (quotas?) to ensure that the users can always 
start a graphical session

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Full disk prevents from starting a graphical session (and Ubuntu does not warn)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/610358
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